Photo: SGGP Vu Tien, Tien Phong newspaper’s Deputy Editor-in-chief, said the blood donation was organized to deal with the fact that during the lunar New Year festival, there is a shortage of blood at national reserves and hospitals. Initiated since 2009, Red Sunday has collected 700,000 units of blood serving medical treatment, making it a practical movement nationwide. This year, the journey is being carried out until January 28th across 60 blood donation locations in 33 localities, expecting to attract 150,000 participants and collect some 35,000 units of blood. On January 21st morning alone, nearly 1,600 units of blood were collected in Ho Chi Minh city./.

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Speaking at the event, Senior Colonel, Prof. Nguyen Van Khoa, Deputy-Director of the Military Hospital 103, affirmed that the Commando Training School has been one of the units most active in the blood donation drives over the past years. In recent years, the two military units have also worked together to organize other voluntary blood donation drives, contributing to treating both civilians and troops, he added. Translated by Chung Anh ... [read more]

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